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KING'S NICKEL BOOKLETS 

A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF VIEWS AT THE PRICE OF A POSTAL 

These Booklels cover ao endless list and an infinUe variety of subjects, at a uniform price of 
five cents— merely a nickel. Each Booklet contains fifteen illustrations. The cost of mailing is only 
one cent. At this tost they are far cheaper than single picture postals, and much more entertaining. 
Sold by all newsdealers, stationers, and booksellers. 






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THE fH,D MINT, Chestxtt Street, N. W. Cor. of Jumper. Raskd in 1^02. Penn Statue on City Hall. 
,•< 9e(;ft)igiJ'ljil^dt;l^ly^ Mint Building, occupied 1S33 to igoi. First still stands on 7th Street, above Market Street. 




THE NKW I'XITKD STATES MINT, SPRIX:'. CARDl'N", BrTTllN'WOOI). ihTU and 17TII STREETS. 
Opened 19UI. Cost, with equipment, about $2,4oo,oou. Has capacity for coining 45o,oou,ooo pieces annually. 




GRAND EXTRAXCE-HALT.. JIARBI.E COI,fMXS, TIFFANY IMOSAIC FI.OORS. VAULTED CEIUNG. 
grand stairway leads to the Numismatic Room, with valuable collectiou of coins, the eutraace to which is shown. 




GRAND MARBI,E STAIRCASK, KXTIRKI.V uF AMKRICAX IMARBI.K. 
One of the finest in America. At entresol is Numismatic Room. Cloistered liall above leads to Assay Commission Room. 




CLOISTERED HAI^I,, SECOND FLOOR. 
lyOoking toward Assay Commissiou Room. 



KXTRAN'CE TO NU:\IIS."\IAT1C ROOM. 
Vista through doorways to maiu entrance. 




NUMISMATIC ROOM. ON Till!; HNTRESOI,. I^INED WITH CHOCOI.ATK MARBI.E. 
The most remarkable coin collection in America, begun in 1838. lu specially-made mahogany cabinets. 




ASSAY COMMISSIOX ROOM. SKCONI) FI.OOR. DECORATED WITH roRTRAITS OK FORMER MINT OEFICIAl,S. 
Here, every February, eighteen experts appoiuted by the President test the coinage of all the United States minU. 




CUUNTING-ROOM, FIRST FI,OOK. ASSAY BALANCE SHOWN IN I'PPER RIGHT CORNER. 
A3 the coins corae from the Coiniug-Rooiu, seen through the doorway, they are here counted and weighed. 




All Wullion, before being used, is tested here to ascertain whetner it has the proper fineness. 




THE MELTIX' . K( ii'M, lii:-,i II..M.K 
Here precious metals receive alloy and are cast into ingots for coinage- Afterward assayers test the bullion. 




THE ROI.rjNG-ROOM, FIRST J-XOOR. 
The machine in the foreground rolls gold and silver ingols into strips, from which the machines beyond cut circular blanks. 




Er.ECTRIC SWITCHBOARD IN THE BASE:\IENT. 
Ituhvidvial motors operate all the machinery ia the building. This board is the brain of the system, 



THE UNITED STATES MINT. IN PHILADELPh 

THE FINEST COINING-MINT IN THE WORLD. 



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Of the three mints in the United States the one in Philadelphia is the newest, largest and best 
equipped. It is the model mint of the world. In architectural beauty, in interior decoration, and 
especially in facilities for its special work it is unequalled. For the year 1903, 150,250,000 coins 
were made for the United States, 50,000,000 for the Philippines, 1,800,000 for Venezuela 
and 630,000 for Costa Rica. The Philadelphia Mint makes most of the coinage for the Latin- 
American states, except Mexico. 

This is the third Mint Building in Philadelphia. The first was established in 1792 and 
still stands ; the second, shown in this book, was occupied from 1833 to 1 901 and was long the 
only source of United States coinage. 

The present building, covering nearly four acres, has an electric plant driven by 1 ,200-horse- 
power boilers ; a gas plant capable of generating 25,000 cubic feet per hour to heat annealing- 
furnaces ; and the strongest storage-vaults in the world, armored with heavy plates of hardened steel 
and absolutelv burglar-proof Each piece of machinery has its own electric motor, and the coinage 
apparatus, most of which was especially designed for this mint, represents the world's latest and 
most economical equipment in this line. 

The Numismatic Room on the entresol, at the head ot the grand stairway, is renowned 
throughout the country. Its cabinets contain not only a practically complete collection of United 
States coins, but hundreds of pieces of ancient coinage and many very rare medals. It is the most 
finely furnished numismatic museum in the world. 



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